Anybody happy w/ Revised 4.0.3?

The revised patch seems great so far. More testing to do...

The 4.0.3 patch is working fine here.

It sounds like there are 2 main problems being reported with it:
1) Portions of audio don't play back during recording
2) Jump envelopes not working sometimes - although some people are reporting that all envelopes are unreliable, this may be related to use of particular plug-ins.
These both seem to be system-dependent. I've not seen either of them at all.

The gains are great - the non-gapping audio engine is a dream come true for me, and also apparently to some of those who didn't see the big deal with gapping. Once you've tried 4.0.3, you'll see the difference. Note that the actual audio produced is unchanged, it's just than may common gestures no longer cause gaps, clicks, pops etc.

I would strongly suggest that you try 4.0.3 out when you have some spare time (i.e. not when a client is about to visit!). Beforehand, make a copy of all your .INI files in the SONAR program files folder. If you find that you're having problems, the safest solution is to uninstall SONAR, then re-install and patch back to 4.0.2, then put your .INI files back. There are also registry settings, but I believe they are preserved through this process.

Good luck!

but strickly reading posts in the forum may not be an accurate indication of how well the patch is working. I say that because most people post when having issues (I think).

We've had more than 5000 unique downloads of the patch so far. I think it's safe to say the patch is working well for the vast majority of our customers.

Apart from the jump envelope UAD-1 automation not working, 4.03 is doing everything else I was hoping for. It installed correctly the first time, too.

Ken

the patch works great for me -- no problems so far (knock on wood!)

I have never used Ghost. How big are the images and where do you store them (CD's, DVD's, etc..)?

If I lose my entire computer (e.g., fire, lightning, theft), the ghosts are useless (since they are system-specific).

No, such images are only drive-specific, meaning that one can only re-install them on exactly the save type of drive with exactly the same partition-scheme. But the do not depend on any other hardware.
However, Windows may go nuts a bit if you use them of a system with other hardware, but it still works after installing the missing drivers manually.

cheers,
Chris

It's working very well for me.

I now only have 1 little issue which is that when closing a project sonar will sometimes poof. That's it - and I've been really hectic recently and hammering the little whore good and proper ;)

oh and sometimes when rendering sonar will forget to include a clip - but I think that's when I'm really stressing the system beyond it's limits so i'll let that one pass.


Kind regards

Dave Rich.

No, such images are only drive-specific

Perhaps I should clarify: if I lose a complete computer, then I'll buy another computer and reinstall XP from scratch. I won't be restoring from ghost files in that case. The only time I use ghosts is if I want to restore a computer to a previous state (w/ no hardware changes in the meantime).

ORIGINAL: Ron Kuper [Cakewalk]

We've had more than 5000 unique downloads of the patch so far. I think it's safe to say the patch is working well for the vast majority of our customers.

Hmm.. let's see...translated into reality this means:

5000 people downloaded the patch
4000 of those people are using illegal copies of Sonar and aren't sure what to do with their patches
500 actually installed the patch but had to go to bed early that night
250 actually tried loading Sonar and were happy that it loaded at all
50 people actually tried running a project - which was mostly MIDI files
25 people actually tried recording analog audio but that was only like 2 or 3 tracks
10 people recorded 16 or more tracks and didn't have a problem
5 people recorded 16 or more tracks and had problems and took the time to respond back here about the problems.

The rest tried reinstalling Sonar from scratch and hosed their system.

I could be wrong

I wanted to hold off commenting on the patch until I had a chance to test it on both of my DAWs (Athlon and Intel P4) and I finally got around to testing it on the Athlon last night. So far everything is great and it seems to get along well with the UAD-1s (2 cards in each system). It's important to note that I never had any issues with the 4.0.2 patch other than not being able to do a fast freeze using the UA plugs. That has been taken care of with the latest patch though (original release)...

For those of you who have been experiencing problems believe me, I know how frustrating things like this can be. My system was plagued with problems in the beginning (remember the Roland Studio Pack ). I can't even begin to count how many hours I spent in front of my DAW and trust me, very little if any recording was being done. I hope it all gets sorted out for you guys.